Crime & Safety

Police: Late-Night Driving Gets Dicey in Haddonfield

Haddonfield Police make three arrests for late-night car incidents.

You might want to be just a little bit more cautious during late-night drives through Haddonfield.

Police this week announced three arrests, including two DWIs and a resisting arrest, all for motor-vehicle incidents.

Edmund C. Peach III, 51, of Munn Lane in Cherry Hill, was arrested on Tuesday at 11:10 p.m. after he allegedly passed out at the wheel while sitting at a traffic light on Haddon Ave. at Kings Highway. He was charged with DWI, consuming alcohol in an open container in a motor vehicle, careless driving and obstructed view. He was released later with a court date.

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Michelle Carroll, 21, of the 200 block of Heritage Road in Cherry Hill, was arrested and charged with DWI after a one-vehicle accident on Kings Highway East and Hopkins Lane on Jan. 6. She was processed and later released with a court date.

Eric B. Vermaat, 25, of the 400 block of Reillywood Ave., was arrested on Jan. 5 and hit with a slew of charges after police say he wrecked a car he was driving in an accident and left it on the lawn of a neighbor in the 400 block of Farwood Road at 4:52 a.m. on a Saturday morning. Vermaat wasn't arrested until 19 hours later, shortly before midnight that day, when police matched the tags of the car to his residence.

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He was charged with resisting arrests, reckless driving, leaving the scene of an accident, parking on private property and two other related charges. He was released on $500 bail and given a Jan. 15 court date.


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